Re: st: calculation 'cross differences'

It seems that you want to compare each value with the means of the
others in each group.
This is an FAQ. See
FAQ . . Creating variables recording prop. of the other members of a group
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox
4/05 How do I create variables summarizing for each
individual properties of the other members of a
group?
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data-management/creating-variables-recording-properties/
Searching the archives for mentions for this FAQ may also help.
Nick
njcoxstata@gmail.com
On 18 April 2013 11:59, Mario Jose <mariojose276@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a sample of companies that are subject to different tax rates,
> they are owned by different parent companies. I would like to compute
> differences of tax rates within each group and in the perspective of
> each company. Below is an example of the database and a view of what I
> would like to compute:
>
> group company taxrate
> 1 A 15
> 1 B 10
> 1 C 20
> 2 D 20
> 2 E 15
> 2 F 14
> 2 G 30
>
> The task I need to do is calculate the following regarding for
> instance companies A, B and C of group 1:
>
> A=> (15-10) + (15-20)
> B=> (10-15) + (10-20)
> C=> (20-15) + (20-10)
>
> As I have thousands of companies it is a hard to do this manually, is
> there any suggestion on how to handle with this calculations?
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